Curriculum Vita

May 1, 2015 Paul Robert Milgrom

Department of Economics (650)723-3397 (Phone) Stanford University [email protected] Stanford, CA 94305 www.milgrom.net Personal

Born April 20, 1948 in Detroit, Michigan

Married to Eva Meyersson Milgrom Regular Academic Employment 1987- Stanford University Shirley R. and Leonard W. Ely, Jr. Professor of Humanities and Sciences (1993-) Professor of Economics (1987-) Professor (by courtesy), Graduate School of Business Senior Fellow, SIEPR (2007-) Director, Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics (1989-91) 1982-87 Yale University Williams Brothers Professor of Management Studies and Professor of Economics 1985-87 Professor of Economics and Management 1983-85 Visiting Professor 1982-83 1979-83 Northwestern University Kellogg Graduate School of Management Department of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences Professor 1982-83 Associate Professor 1981-82 Assistant Professor 1979-81 Education 1975-78 Stanford University Ph.D. in Business, January 1979 M.S. in Statistics, April 1978 1966-70 University of Michigan A.B. in Mathematics with high honors, May 1970 1962-66 Oak Park High School Honors, Awards, Prizes, Fellowships, Chairs and Grants 2015 National Science Foundation grant to study “Auction Market Design” 2014 Golden Goose Award. Keyfitz Lecturer, Fields Institute, Toronto. Arrow Lecturer, Columbia University. 2012 Elected Vice President of the American Economic Association (term to begin in 2013). Inaugural lecture, CV Starr Center Distinguished Speaker Series (NYU) on “Incentive Auctions for Radio Spectrum.” Oskar Morgenstern lecture at Fourth World Congress of the Game Theory Society on “Designing the US ‘Incentive Auctions’.” Becker Friedman Visitor, University of Chicago. Intertic Stackelberg Lecture on “Auctions for Online Display Advertising.” 2011 Eitan Berglas lecture at Tel Aviv University on “The Applied Science of Market Design.” 2010 NSF-SBIR Phase IB Award for “Incorporating Bidder Budget Constraints in Multi-item Auctions.” 2009 NSF-SBIR Phase I Award for “Incorporating Bidder Budget Constraints in Multi-Item Auctions.” Nemmers lecture, Northwestern University. EARIE lecture (European Association for Research in Industrial Organization). 2008 Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize. W.A. Mackintosh Lecture, Queens University. Simon Newcomb lecture, Johns Hopkins University. 2007 President, Western Economic Association International (WEAI). National Science Foundation Grant on “Market Design.” 2006 Elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Colin Clarke lecture, Econometric Society Australasian Meeting. Manchot lecture, University of Bonn. 2005 Elected to the Executive Committee of the Econometric Society. Elected Vice President of the Western Economic Association. Chung-Hua lecturer, Academia Sinica (Taiwan). Clarendon lecturer, Oxford University. 2004 Fischer-Schulz lecturer, Econometric Society. Koopmans lecturer, Yale University. National Science Foundation research grant to study “Electronic Auction Markets.” Council Member, Econometric Society. 2003 National Science Foundation research grant to study “Cumulative Offer Processes,” Landau economics teaching prize, Stanford University. Elected to the Council, Game Theory Society. Distinguished Economist lecture, Federal Communications Commission. 2001 Honorary doctorate, Stockholm School of Economics. 2000 Taussig Visiting Research Professor, Harvard University. 1999 Murray S. Johnson inaugural lecture, University of Texas. Industry Canada distinguished lecture. 1998 Fain lecture, Brown University. Lawrence Klein lecture, University of Pennsylvania. Fellow (2nd time), Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. 1997 Alberto Bailleres Founder’s Lecture at Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM). Plenary lecturer, Econometric Society Far Eastern Meeting. Plenary lecturer, Australian Industry Economics Meeting, University of Melbourne. 1996 Nobel Prize memorial lecture (honoring deceased Nobel laureate William Vickrey) at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1995 Churchill lectures at Cambridge University. Political Economy Special Lecture at Harvard University. 1994 National Science Foundation research grant “Comparative Statics, Complemen ta rities, Coordination and Change,” covering 1994-1997. Woytinsky distinguished lecturer, University of Michigan. 1993 Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy Reform. Shirley R. and Leonard W. Ely, Jr. Professor of Humanities and Sciences. 1992 Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences. International Guest Scholar, Kyoto University. 1991 Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. National Science Foundation research grant “Theories of the Firm - 2” covering 1991-1994. 1990 Center for Economic Policy Research grant to study “The Economics of Modern Manufacturing.” 1989 National Science Foundation grant to direct programs for the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics; National Academy of Sciences award to lecture in China on economics of organizations. 1988 Olin Distinguished Lecturer, Princeton University; National Science Foundation research grant “Theories of the Firm” covering 1988-91; Center for Economic Policy Research grant. 1987 Prize for Best Paper of the Year in the Transactions of the Society of Actuaries. 1986 Ford Visiting Professor of Economics, University of California-Berkeley; John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship to study “Economic Theories of Organization.” 1985 Williams Brothers Chair in Management Studies, Yale University; National Science Foundation research grant “On the Formal Economic Theory of Organizations”; Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; plenary lecturer at the Fifth World Congress of the Econometric Society. 1984 Fellow of the Econometric Society; Fellow of Morse College (of Yale University) 1983 Research Award, Actuarial Education and Research Fund; Honorary Master of Arts degree, Yale University 1982 National Science Foundation research grant to study “The Structure of Information in a Productive Organization.” 1981 IBM Research Chair at Northwestern University. Visiting Research Associate, Stanford University. 1980 Leonard J. Savage Memorial Thesis Award; National Science Foundation research grant: “Information and Uncertainty in Competitive Bidding.” 1976 Society of Actuaries Triennial Paper Prize for best paper by an actuary within five of membership, for the period 1973- 75. 1974 Fellow of the Society of Actuaries

Major Professional Activities and Affiliations 2012- Editorial Board of European Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics. 2009- Editorial Board of AEJ-Microeconomics. 2007-2008 President, Western Economic Association International (WEAI). 2006-2007 Member, National Academy of Sciences. President-Elect, Western Economic Association International (WEAI). 2005-2006 Vice President, Western Economic Association International (WEAI). 2005=2008 Executive Committee of the Econometric Society 2004- Council, Econometric Society 2003- Council, Game Theory Society 2000-2002 Chief economist, Perfect Commerce 1997-2002 Editorial Consultant, MIT Press 1997-1999 Editorial Board, Journal of Comparative Economics 1996- Founder and Director, Market Design Inc. (Chairman, 1996-2002) 1996 Nemmers Prize Selection Committee, Northwestern University 1996- Advisory Board, Microeconomics Abstracts 1995- Advisory Board, Economics Research Network 1994-95 Program Committee, 1995 World Congress of the Econometric Society 1993-95 Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy Reform 1993-2000 Associate Editor, American Economic Review 1992- Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1990-93 Co-Editor, American Economic Review 1990- Associate Editor, Games and Economic Behavior 1989-92 Associate Editor, Journal of Financial Intermediation 1987-90 Associate Editor, Econometrica 1985-89 Associate Editor, Rand Journal of Economics 1983-87 Associate Editor, Journal of Economic Theory 1984 Chair, Program Committee, Econometric Society Winter Meetings 1984- Fellow, Econometric Society 1980- Member, American Economic Association